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- English Word Oestrual Definition Of or pertaining to sexual desire; -- mostly applied to brute animals; as, the oestrual period; oestrual influence.
- English Word Oestruation Definition The state of being under oestrual influence, or of having sexual desire.
- English Word Oestrus Definition A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.
- English Word Oestrus Definition A vehement desire; esp. (Physiol.), the periodical sexual impulse of animals; heat; rut.
- English Word Of Definition In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from; belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety of applications; as:
- English Word Of Definition Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating origin, source, descent, and the like; as, he is of a race of kings; he is of noble blood.
- English Word Of Definition Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven.
- English Word Of Definition Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water.
- English Word Of Definition Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the company.
- English Word Of Definition Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; as, they went of their own will; no body can move of itself; he did it of necessity.
- English Word Of Definition Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements.
- English Word Of Definition Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed time.
- English Word Of Definition Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba.
- English Word Of Definition Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by.
- English Word Of Definition Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod.
- English Word Of Definition Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
- English Word Of Definition During; in the course of.
- English Word Off Definition In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
- English Word Off Definition Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
- English Word Off Definition Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.
- English Word Off Definition Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
- English Word Off Definition Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
- English Word Off Definition Denoting opposition or negation.
- English Word Off Definition Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
- English Word Off Definition Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
- English Word Off Definition On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.
- English Word Off Definition Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics.
- English Word Off Definition The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
- English Word Offal Definition The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.
- English Word Offal Definition A dead body; carrion.